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Thank you to all donors during 2024. Your generosity enabled us to provide an enormous amount of emergency food parcels to reach needy families and individuals across Nuneaton and Bedworth.
Total Food Distributed in 2024 was over a huge 55 Metric Tonnes!
10 Oct 16
Latest Newsletter 30th September
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Dear Foodbank Supporters and Donors, Since the last update on 15th September, 15 days ago, we have distributed food to 205 people, (which has included 78 children). Our volunteers have âsignpostedâ the adults visiting our four centres to further help and support in order to begin to move them out of the crisis they are […]
23 Dec 15
6 Unexpected Things Foodbanks Need
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A visit to the food bank isnât exactly a traditional Christmas activity, but one UK charity is asking for a little extra help this month, when demand is at its highest and families are choosing between eating and heating.
8 Dec 15
Why Would a Mum Doing a Business Degree Find Herself Begging on the Streets This Winter?
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With Christmas approaching, Michele from Brent Foodbank shares how she’s helping to make the festive season special for those struggling. âFor the past few days I havenât been to the street begging for money to buy food for me and my babyâŠâ This was what a mother at Brent Foodbank told us recently. She was […]
1 Dec 15
Emergency Budget gets the food poverty test
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David McAuley, Chief Executive of The Trussell Trust said: âWe have two simple tests for the budget being delivered today. âŻFirstly, what does it do to reduce the number of people in poverty and hunger?⯠Secondly, what does it do to ensure the Government is supporting the work of charities and social enterprise in taking […]
21 Oct 15
Listening to the lives behind the foodbank statistics
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MPs and peers discussed tackling UK poverty. The Trussell Trust, along with dozens of representatives from its UK network of foodbanks, were in parliament yesterday speaking with MPs and Peers about the work they do to combat hunger and poverty. Hosting the event, Chris White MP commended the varied work of the Trussell Trustâs foodbanks, […]
1 May 15
Trussell Trust foodbanks gave out over one million three day emergency food supplies to UK people in crisis in 2014/15.
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Benefit delays, low income and benefit changes are the primary reasons why people are currently being referred to foodbanks for emergency food. About Our Statistics The Trussell Trust statistics are a measure of volume â they show the number of people to whom The Trussell Trust foodbanks have given three daysâ emergency food. These are […]